steve@baselines.com

I like it - you asked for suggestions so I have some. You may hate it, but they're my comments anyway ? I think it would benefit from being shorter. Get the vocal in there quicker. Maybe excite the snare a little. Pull up the under 50hz a little and the over 10K a little. Maximize a little higher, perhaps -7.8db Widen the mids. I did some edits which you can toss if you don't agree, but here's my idea. https://www.baselines.com/brand_new_day.wav Steve

I don't want to make light of childbirth, because I know what's involved. However, getting this album out took almost as much energy! Thank you for all the support I got on this forum, I really appreciate all of you who listen to my stuff and offer me feedback. You are the best. https://stevekeith1.bandcamp.com/album/the-instrumentalist Best wishes to all for a happy and enjoyable Christmas season (or whatever else you may celebrate). Steve

Thanks David. I used Session Horns Pro with a touch of delay. Steve

Thanks Antler!

Thank you!

Thanks for the feedback!

Wow! Smooth clear productions and excellent performance. I love this type of feel and the intricate mix of tracks. I could see the players playing, which is always my test for good production. Only thing I would say is maybe a TINY touch of more reverb or image widening, but that's just my taste and may not be what others like.,

NIce job Wookiee. That low synth sound is reminiscent of ELP's early work on Moog and those keyboard runs up and down are nice.

Nice job on this. The vocals are surreal.

Very peaceful. A good piano sound. What do you use?

Thanks Jesse, appreciate the feedback. I wrote this when I was in Germany and always associated it with a European type feel, but you are correct, it is California as well. Steve

Cakewalk used to include Amp Sim for guitar. I don’t know whether the current version still includes it or not.

Here's another from the upcoming album, The Instrumentalist. https://baselines.com/?p=6355 (For those who don't like videos, just the audio is available here)

This is great. I played in a rock band with a violinist who is now very well known in certain classical circles. This reminds me of her, but I think the technique is even better here.

I love this type of stuff, you did a really nice job. I wish I could make my videos as smooth.

Very good - nice timing with everything - I'm a sucker for anything that approaches Mandelbrot and Fibonacci, which I think this leans toward.

Sign me up to those who would like it on some other platform than Spotify!

Good work - I like the use of delay.

Very cool David. Love the twists and turns. I can almost hear the bow rasping a little. Probably my imagination, but it sounds great.

Great train of thought, loved it. 'I am the cause of everything' - sometimes I just have to take the blame just to keep things quiet, but my brain is screaming...it wasn't me. Classic.

Try AOMEI Backupper and Partition Magic (if needed). Has always worked flawlessly and they had a perpetual license when I bought several years ago. Great tech support and a straightforward piece of software.

I've used the Rode NT1000 for years. Not sure what the real pro engineers say about that, but I have always been more than happy with it. Now if I could only sing. I put it through a Behringer ADA8200. Steve

Thank you for listening. In the video, I tried to make the upbeat music fit in. Although one could argue that driving around in a nice car on a beautiful day is in itself an addiction ?

Hi Larry, thank you. You are absolutely right. I started with a canned drum beat that was right on the money. Steve

Thanks Jack - some of it is in 5/8 - weird!